The inclusion of the cultural guides and the integration of community-based practice throughout the research process, can assist in the assessments of literacy levels, styles of learning and knowing, use of language, adaptive and resilient skills, cultural definitions of power and access, as well as the community's healing and belief systems. The community context can greatly influence the text and design envisioned and incorporated into the translated document. Not only does the translated document demonstrate the intention of consent, but as significantly, through the context of language, the trust and the relationship between the research teams and the participant.
As we continue to build our multicultural research teams at Mayo Clinic, the possibilities of attaining genuine community relationships and culturally relevant community-based research outcomes are very real. Interdepartmental and externally based collaborations offer interdisciplinary practice and integrated components of clinical research care.
The Translation Coordinator and The Minority Outreach Specialist have collaboratively been working together to address translation issues faced by the research teams desiring to improve minority recruitment and the informed consent process. The translation protocols have been created in an attempt to address these needs.
Translation work happens all over Mayo Clinic.
The focus of the translation coordinator position within the Division of Communications, is to triage translation requests and to ensure a high quality translation end product that meets Mayo Clinic style and brand guidelines. We primarily focus on translating Patient Education materials and Patient & Visitor information that will improve our patient care and our research activity. The research translation needs have been increasing with the NIH mandate to increase minority participation and we are trying to serve those needs as well. This interdepartmental collaboration will serve to troubleshoot barriers and frustrations that could cause delay in or harm to your study. To help understand the translation process, a protocol guideline is provided below.